Rebirth of an Old Farmer: Escape from Famine with Children and Grandchildren

He scratched his head and said with a silly smile: "As for me, I can just chew some wild vegetables to get by..."

Sun Wan felt distressed and helpless: "You are so stubborn!"

After that, she opened her bag, pulled out two sweet potatoes and threw them into the fire. Then she glared at Su Rongze and said unhappily, "You've been busy all day. Rest well and don't go anywhere!"

Then, her gaze turned to Su Duanxu and Su Guiying, and they were both startled.

Sun Wan tapped their foreheads with her fingers and asked, "Did you hear what your eldest brother said?"

"The wild vegetables we picked today are only enough for today's meal. If you don't want to go hungry tomorrow, go pick some wild vegetables now!"

"Otherwise, don't blame me for being cruel!"

Sun Wan suddenly grabbed two sweet potatoes and threw them at the children, staring at them with sharp eyes.

"Mom!" Su Guiying was the most spoiled. She was exhausted today and her palms were all worn out. When she heard that she had to pick vegetables again, her eyes suddenly turned red.

She didn't understand why her mother was like this, and her usual pampering disappeared completely. She could only look at Sun Wan with grievance, hoping to touch the soft spot in her mother's heart.

Unfortunately, Sun Wan seemed to have already squandered all her maternal tenderness.

She stared at the two of them coldly.

In the end, Su Duanxu and Su Guiying had no choice but to give in. They walked out of the cave in a daze, carrying their only food and backpacks.

On the side, Xie Yulan huddled quietly into a ball, fearing that she would also be assigned by Sun Wan to pick wild vegetables.

Although Sun Wan was not harsh to pregnant women, she did not have a good impression of Xie Yulan. She pretended that she did not exist and cleaned the cave on her own.

The night before, they hurriedly sprinkled some quicklime to prevent insects and only cleared some of the weeds in the cave to make a place to stay.

Now, Sun Wan wants to clear the weeds more thoroughly and fill the missed gaps with quicklime.

Su Rongze hurried over to help.

Uncle Li watched the scene quietly from the side and nodded secretly.

As the oldest and most prestigious person in the village, no one knows the Su family better than him.

Seeing that Sun Wan seemed to have been reborn and was no longer as confused as before, he felt a lot more at ease.

Soon, the medicine was ready.

Su Rongze poured it into a bowl and fed it to Xiao Fuzi.

Then he applied the residue to the palms of his hands and soles of his feet.

Sun Wan noticed that Xiao Fuzi still hadn't woken up. She even touched Xiao Fuzi's forehead and found that the fever that had originally subsided had risen slightly again.

However, the temperature was not unbearably hot and was still within an acceptable range.

The sky was completely dark, and the villagers who had gone out to pick wild vegetables finally returned, dragging their tired bodies.

Everyone was so tired that they were almost falling apart, but they still had to force themselves to cheer up and go to Sun Wan one by one to borrow cooking utensils.

Without saying a word, Sun Wan generously shared the pots in her home with everyone, and also contributed the earthen stove that Su Rongze had temporarily built.

Soon, everyone was finally able to taste their first meal of the day.

The moment the wild vegetable soup touched their lips and teeth, a low sob quietly spread among the crowd.

Fearing that the White Turban Army was still there, everyone restrained themselves from speaking loudly, and even the fire in the earthen stove was not allowed to burn brightly. The surroundings were plunged into darkness, and the faint crying added a bit of sadness.

"Don't cry!"

Uncle Li lowered his voice in the dark to warn: "There are wolves on the mountain! Don't worry about attracting wolves, just cry!"

With the village chief's words, the sobbing gradually subsided.

In the cave, Sun Wan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. At a moment like this, tears must not fall.

Attracting wolves is a small matter, but if people panic and lose morale, that is the most fatal.

People's emotions are easily affected by the surrounding environment and the behavior of others.

Inside the cave, Su Duanxu and Xie Yulan slept close together, Su Guiying slept alone beside them, and Xiao Fuzi lay on the thickest pile of straw, occupying a corner all to herself. They were all already sound asleep, oblivious to the turmoil in the outside world.

Su Rongze said softly to his mother, "Mom, go to sleep first. I'll watch over you."

Sun Wan gently shook her head and refused: "You have been busy all day, it's time for you to rest."

Seeing her son's eyes widened stubbornly, Sun Wan's face darkened: "Why, now you don't even listen to me?"

Su Rongze didn't dare to refute. He climbed onto the straw bed dejectedly and lay down, thinking silently that he would get up in the second half of the night and let his mother have a good rest.

Looking at the boss's back, Sun Wan felt mixed emotions.

Sometimes she would wonder why none of the three sons and one daughter she raised was worry-free.

Leaving the three little ones aside, the older one, although loyal and filial, is quite stubborn.

Is it true that all this is the karma I created?

Sun Wan frowned and looked up at the moonless and starless night sky. The deep blue seemed to foreshadow the storm of tomorrow.

Thinking of this, Sun Wan immediately took action, brought the wild vegetables that were hanging outside back into the cave, and took out the oilcloth from the package she carried with her.

Then, she gathered a few sturdy branches, secured the bottom with rocks, and set up a tarp to protect the cave from rain. She also checked on Xiao Fuzi to make sure his temperature had dropped before returning to her seat.

The village chief was reluctant to go into the cave, fearing that once he started, other villagers would also ask to come in, so he chose to rest in the open air with his fellow villagers under a tree.

Sun Wan was just about to go out to the village chief to discuss arrangements for sheltering from the rain. As soon as she stepped out of the cave, a chill suddenly rose from her back, and the hairs on her body stood on end!

"who!"

Sun Wan retreated quickly.

But she was still a step too late. A figure hugged her tightly in his arms, and an unpleasant breath hit her face: "It's me, sister-in-law, hehe!"

Wang Mazi!

Sun Wan immediately recognized the voice of the person coming. Her eyes widened suddenly, and she struggled desperately, while kicking Wang Mazi in the vitals.

"what!"

Wang Ergou screamed, then suddenly stopped, holding his lower body tightly with both hands, his face distorted with pain.

"You little bitch!"

Wang Ergou squeezed out these words from between his teeth, his eyes flashing with ferocity, and he pounced on Sun Wan like a hungry wolf!

"You ungrateful thing, I'm going to teach you a lesson today and see if you can still be so arrogant!"

After he finished speaking, Wang Ergou relied on his big body and grabbed Sun Wan's neck like an iron clamp.

As a woman, Sun Wan had already given her all in the previous raid.

At this time, Wang Ergou was well prepared and his attack was fierce. She soon felt her vision go dark.

After a long time, Sun Wan was thrown heavily to the ground.

Her neck was covered with bruises, and she lay weakly on the ground, coughing violently. The air passing through her throat brought deeper pain.

Wang Ergou knelt down in front of Sun Wan and slapped her cheek contemptuously: "If you weren't still a little pretty, I would have finished you off long ago."

He breathed rapidly, his eyes greedily falling on the small piece of snow-white skin that was exposed when Sun Wan struggled.

"Sun Wan, just come with me!"